This video shows The Process of Rescuing a Stadler Flirt unit, using 37608 'Andromeda' to rescue 755328 feat. THRASH! Taken on the 25th of July 2020 at Wymondham Station. Enjoy !
@@bennickss exactly the class 37 is truly a brilliant locomotive a sign of excellent build quality by English Electric that they are surviving in 2021 from there introduction in 1961
@@MrStabby19812 I know that, it's just every time I see them hook those trains up I get word for the people doing the job. Also I need to look and see what the weight limit on those couplers are. It probably doesn't have to be as high because I do not believe you guys over there are allowed to run long trains like us. I remember watching the video about the longest train in Germany, and it was only like 30-something cars.
They were designed for mixed traffic - passenger and freight. What you end up with is freight torque and passenger acceleration (especially when you're pulling a light EMU).
The class 37's are amazing, but they exist in a completely different environment to over in the states. You guys pull way bigger, longer and heavier trains. The class 37 wouldnt stand a chance against some of your behemoths.
@@UltraMagaFan It is impressive to see such a heavy machine get moving that quickly compared to what we normally see on the tracks with average commuter trains. Fully aware that it’s built for moving heavier loads, I wasn’t born yesterday.
In the train world - a deltec loco rescuing a pre 2020 DMU, this was quite early in the COVID-19 pandemic as you see at - 4:21, only the office worker had a dust mask on, the others weren’t wearing them = when wearing a mask was optional, not compulsory 🙂
That locomotive reminds me of the Queensland Rail 1170 class locomotive, extremely similar sounds to that BR Class 37! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Rail#/media/File:1170__-Redbank-__17_August_1988.jpg *Edit: Tried to fix link so it would link properly, sorry about the failed edit I guess I don't know how RU-vid works.* If anyone knows how I should fix the link so it doesn't show the strikeout and shows the whole link, please let me know! I forget if RU-vid has a special character for telling the comments text entry box to not interpret characters in a URL or not.
@@bigman10239 F Units, as gorgeous as they are, are maintenance nightmares. When something fails, even as reliable as they are, all the work must be done internally, rather than externally on a modern cab unit.
Im quite amazed by that adapter between the different couplers. Strong enough to take the force of a train but light enough to fit without hoists. Well done to whoever designed that. Never seen an adapter being used before so thanks for sharing.
the power in that diesel is very impressive. looking at that kids on platform between the trains was either busting for a piss or just damm well chuffed.
The engineers that first designed the Class 37 must be really proud of themselves for making a machine that would see multiple eras of British Rail, and be a fundamental part of keeping the tracks running for literal decades!
@@DK-nv9zu it's called "hunting" and here's why it happens. www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.irjet.net/archives/V4/i11/IRJET-V4I11246.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjWh_O-_qTuAhWlnVwKHaMjAUIQFjABegQIAhAF&usg=AOvVaw2b0tI1FWQA5cpxPbrIqtFC
@@basiltaylor8910 How soon they forget. Ages ago, when broken down class 37's were being rescued by steam engines they said the same thing. This is just the way things happen, sometimes.
@@mikekean8344 ,That is maybe so,but the failure of then the new diesels, is all down to the British Transport Commission,s Arrogance ,Incompetence,and stupidity.Forcing the new traction into service before all of the bugs,teething troubles have been ironed out ,and adequate servicing repair facilities up and running with maker,s trained staff . Before putting anything into intensive service ,be it a mobility scooter ,or a 'Box Boat' Container Ship. You test, test ,test,until it is right and fit for purpose.
@@mikekean8344 You are so right!!, most of our multiple unit trains are bought from Euronics or Curry,s PC World. The latest generation of so called multiple unit trains are designed by cretins in white shirts who have not a f----g clue in how to design a good DMU . GOD BLESS MET CAM CLASS 101,s!!! Built like a brick shit house.
It's amazing that the track infrastructure, including the signal box, to allow the line switch is still in place after so many years of efficiency rationalisation programmes.
The Wymondham South signal box was decommissioned in about 2012, and switching is now controlled from Cambridge. However, it has been Grade II listed, as it was built in 1877 and is the oldest surviving example of a GER signal box. The lever frame is intact, but not connected. The junction off to the right is the link to the Mid Norfolk Railway.
a sign of what's to come, the world wants to go with electric/hydrogen or 21st century technology and yet the older counterparts like this video shows are much more substainable ...its the same with the buses the dennis darts/metros/leylands actually do better than the new electric or modern buses.
@@270687carl Electric trains have existed in some form since the very late 1800s? The real problem with new technology is people like you, as the people below have pointed out. You just want to focus on every time the new technology goes wrong. Imagine if NASA and the Soviet space program gave up after the FIRST failed rocket launch?
Great film Charlie with a wonderful sound of the Class 37 in action. Interesting to watch the coupler being fitted and all in HD...thanks for posting it for us to learn and enjoy
Personally I love the 755s, for anyone trying to make fun of it bear in mind that through history new trains have always had snags and other issues, and actually if they were as unreliable as you say they are this would be a daily occurrence, and yet it isn't because they are able to take on most of GA's regional services without a problem.
True - there are always snags when new trains come out. Still, when you see a new train like that being rescued by an old locomotive...well you have to laugh!
The bean counter: You don't need all these old locos and crews sitting around doing nothing. The bean counter on the train home thats broken down: where's the rescue? I have been sitting here for hours with no bar, no air-conditioning and in the middle of nowhere.
I love those Class 37's. My best friend Clive's dad used to drive trains from Treherbert Station. In the early 70's when we were just 11 or 12, he used to let me and Clive go in the cab with him to Treorchy or Ton Pentre (to save us walking) and sometimes to Pontypridd to save us (catching a train). Going in these though was what I always loved the most - huge, Green, Noisy and beautiful. I've loved them ever since.
DAMN the way the old gal picked up speed when first pushing the stricken train out of the station! Bet the grand old lady was thinking "I thought we were here to push a train? You sure there's anything attached to me? Cos I can't feel a thing" LOL I love videos of really modern, young trains being rescued by members of the old guard. Goes to show just cos something has some age to it, doesn't mean it's even close to "past it" or not worthy of being used. Things like this beautiful 37 were built to LAST, unlike today's modern garbage!!
@@jayswarrow1196 Thank you for the comment , and less of the old, am not ready for the crem just yet. Most of the crap running on our rail network, barely fit for purpose ,and bought in bulk from'Euronics or Currys, PC World'. Ably demonstrated in the video of the Trusty Tractor rescuing said deceased 'Moulinex ' Blender. Sadly nowadays , our locos and rolling stock are designed by geeky snot nosed skid marks in sharp suits ,who have not a f---g clue in how to design build a decent loco ,or multiple unit train . 'Met Camm 101,s'' Derby Lightweights' noisy smelly,and rough but go on for ever. Because cats and kittens , they were not made from re cycled Zanussi Washing machines and invalid scooters. Surely you have seen the 'Galloping Tampax' Virgin Atlantic,s Pendolinos,okay they can tilt and take curves faster than an original 'Jeremy Paxman ' 125 HST, but bloody awful to look at ,designed by a six year old at infant school.
@@basiltaylor8910 sadly you are correct. It's all about money with these people anymore! The blokes at the top just don't care about producing quality locos or anything else for that matter! Piss on them!
Pipe down mister, as much as you don't want it to that "toy loco" is pathing way for the future. Unless you think DMUs serving on lines that are half electrified is more efficient than a Bi-Mode DEMU using it's pantograph on the GEML and Greater Northern lines and switching to diesel only on unelectrified sections? I can never seem to get behind the whole "Old good new bad" "Look at this *new* train breaking down! Typical..." type argument, personally Diesel locomotives (especially the 37), and DMUs will have my heart but to resent their replacements for, replacing them is daft and is a backwards way of thinking.
That was an incredible lucky break for the railway geek who just happened to bring his camera out with him. That diesel loco was made of pretty powerful stuff, I bet it never even felt the weight of the broken down train it had to pull. Brilliant video, well shot 👍👍👍
2:21 - FLIRT Driver: 'Oh, by the way did you bring the special coupling so you can attach your 37 to my 755.' 37 Driver: 'Ah. I may need to go back to Norwich...oh hang on there is one here from the last time I recovered one of these!' 12:38 - 37 Locomotive [Singing] '#Good Old British Diesel Train, rescues the Swiss-Polish Bi-Mode train again' 755 FLIRT - 'Yeah yeah whatever. Just take me back to Crown Point!'
Well, I can tell you from experience that this clearly is much easier to fit than the emergency couplers for the 153/156/158/170's. It normally took a two man lift to hook it onto your rescue loco, making sure the alignment is exact when you shunt onto the dead set.
Great to see railway safety at work in the way it has from time almost immemorial. Some detonators and a red flag would be handy on a smart motorway with no hard shoulder .
Interesting video Thanks Loved the 37's from the day they first got delivered to BR and still needed to rescue modern rubbish. Great to have someone like ROG who keeps them in excellent condition. Remember going to Mossend to see and hear the triple headers powering out of the yard up into Ravenscraig steel works awesome
The raw, brute power of that Diesel-Electric, 37608, is just awesome to watch. It was barely even trying, making it look so easy. It is a pity that they are being phased out, but progress is essential I suppose.
Says it all really, a nearly new piece of rolling stock being rescued by a 50+ year old locomotive. Well, from what I've seen in the railway press, there have been several opportunities to catch a Stadler unit being rescued on the GA network. Perhaps they should remove the diesel generator carriage, build a new batch of class 37s and just use the Stadlers as push-pull stock. It can't be any less reliable.
I've heard of such from railroad history books. I'm wondering why they were expended, couldn't they have been picked back up instead of simply run over and detonated?
Nah, they'll just ditch the heads, couple them straight in, and use'em on the line, double or tripple, while there's so much power to use. In 60 years from now, it _might_ need a revision on those turbos..
The time was when everything on the railway could run with anything else. Anyone with a little train set soon discovers that. I was on a train that was stuck in a forest for four hours in Sweden due to incompatibility. All the old EP stock had the outer ends of the units fitted with retractable buffers and a drop-buckeye which could be swung down to reveal a normal hook which could be used with a screw coupling. There were, if I recall, spare screw couplings stored in the guard's vans. Connect the air brake and the train could run normally.
Pretty interesting story! Here in the Netherlands nearly all multiple unit trains use the same coupling system, so even though you cant double head two trains of different types, you can mix and match for rescue and transfer purposes. I believe it happened a short while ago in a depot, where they accidentally sent an electric train onto a unelectrified siding. They just used used a diesel multiple unit to pull it towards the electrified lines. Makes sense though that they have those capabilities, since locomotive hauled stock is incredibly rare here.
Except that when the EP stock was built many locos were vacuum brake only. What is the braking system on this new unit? Does it have an air brake with a train pipe? The emergency coupling seems to have two hoses, but passenger units for long time have only a main reservoir pipe, and the brakes can only be released electrically; is that not the case with these units, or does the emergency coupling convert train pipe pressure to an electrical signal for the train brakes? It doesn’t look big enough to contain something to do that
This is an excellent documentary made better by the complete lack of the hyperbole that it would have if it was a TV wannabe channel. A smoking, grunting 60 year old has to come and rescue an on trend superstar that just broke down when it had to do the job it was paid for. That would be a movie; if it wasn't the tragic truth.
@@Brianboru88 Funnily enough faults like this always happen, and always have happened, because the trains are new. Give them some time to settle in to service.
@@Brianboru88 As are every single version of the Class 800. This is the first time ever in the history of British railways where whole scale, national, stock replacements have been worse, by a majority of measures, than what it replaced. Even the Class 150's were better new than the knackered DMU's they replaced.
During the '70s in Victoria, sometimes a steam locomotive would rescue a failed train when major depots would still run a K class for shunting duties or a K from an enthusiast special. Was pretty rare as the powers that be would resist such a move.
ROG Driver to GA Driver: "Hop down and I will show you how its done" GA Driver: "WHy?" ROG Driver: "You will be doing this a lot driving Stadler trains" And later: GA Driver: "These 37s aren't very fast" ROG Driver: "Faster than your 755 was going" While its nice to have new trains on the ESL replacing single car 153s and two car 156s they are not reliable and the 3 car 170s were a better ride.
In Victoria V/Line had an itchy bus trigger finger. It would call out a bus replacement for the slightest thing. None of this train stuff. But still, a light engine would still need to clear the line.
Least he did not used his daughter,s skipping rope , to couple onto the 'Moulinex Blender' designed by cretins,bought by morons.Long live the 'MetCam 101,s,and think of the poor sods up north travelling in f---g class 143 Pacers!!!.
@@1chish ,At last someone with sense and intelligence has binned off the 'Pacers' what now replaces the recycled 'Fray Bentos'Corned Beef Tins something bought from Euronics?.
It Amazing really. I've grown up in East anglia and have watched the old DMUs being rescued by Class 37s then the new Strinters coming along and being dragged off in there later life by Class 37s and now these things at only a few years old, If only everything was as substanable as a trusty Class 37. Hopefully they'll still be around in another 50years. Everybody loves the Look & sound of a Class 37!!!
@@johno4521 You might have a point but I know that Class 37's were known as "Whistlers" ie 4 Stroke Diesel Combustion Engines. I will research your reply Sir ! I drove one on an expensive week's course.
Love this video,and my apologies to rail enthusiast's but engine 37 608,im not sure what make it is possibly deltic or english electric?! Apologies for my ignorance but what a beautiful sounding old school engine.i love hearing all the old school diesels.and its still shows 50 or 60 years later they are still on the rails rescuing the young blood of the train world!! Modern trains are just not the same.good capture 🙂👍👍👍
I remember when I was at Healey Mills (Guard, Team Member B, RTO), being sent with a 37,47.56 and a 08 to Horbury Junction and the Bombardier works, to test the coupling of those locomotives to a Voyager set. As we were shown the schafenburg coupling, I told the project manager that it would not work. he said, "we have not taken it out of the box yet" the yellow pipe did not have a star valve. when I was asked what difference it would make, I took the Swedish main air pipe and connected it to the nearest loco, a class 56, connected the pipe, and to the project managers surprise, nothing happened. I suggested drilling a hole through the head of the pipe and and fix a bolt with the head of the bolt just proud of the lip, so it would engage the star valve, they did it very quickly and soon we were carrying out the tests, all the loco's successfully connected to the voyager unit and were able to drag it and then propel it back. Derby Research were coming to inspect the coupling and they insisted on the pipes being painted red and yellow, despite the fact that neither pipe would go into the other. Successful day, and back to depot
Great video Classic Class 37 Rescuing a new Generation of failed units Like Grandad coming to the rescue of his Grandson ,Great sound of the Tractors 🤩💕❤️💝
